Professor Long specialises in assessment and treatment of adults with psychological difficulties. He is a Chartered Psychologist who is registered with the Health Professions Council (HCPC) and the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Professor Long is a British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy (BABCP) accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. His clinical interests include acute anxiety-related disorders, depression, addictions, eating disorders, stress and post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorders. He is a member of the Society of Expert Witnesses and a registered Expert Witness with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). Medical legal practice includes personal injury and trauma assessments.
Professor Long also provides consultancy on clinical treatment and its evaluation to healthcare organisations.
In addition to his outpatient practice at ACT Professor Long was previously employed at St Andrew’s Healthcare as Associate Director of Psychology and Psychological Therapies and as Clinical Director of the Acute Psychiatry Division. Academic posts have included Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Northampton, Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Birmingham, and Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry.
Professor Long is a Fellow of both the BPS and the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (BABCP) and has published widely on clinical issues and their treatments. He was the winner of the Laing and Buisson Independent Healthcare Award for Healthcare Outcomes in 2010.
He is happy to discuss your care and treatment needs in advance of booking an appointment.
Dr Wheatley specialises in assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and adults with psychological difficulties. He qualified as a Psychologist in 1989 and is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS); registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC) and an accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapists).
His clinical interests include anxiety related disorders, depression, relationship difficulties, stress and trauma, substance use, and obsessive compulsive disorders.
In addition, his forensic interests include expert witness reports, working with offenders and family law matters.
In addition to his out-patient practice at ACT, Dr Wheatley was previously employed by St Andrew's Healthcare in Northampton as the Lead Psychologist for the Adolescent Service. Prior to that he was employed by Partnerships in Care at Kneesworth House Hospital in Hertfordshire and prior to that by Northampton Health Authority. He has published in the areas of adolescent mental health, mental illness, substance use and trauma.
Dr Wheatley also delivers training and development to healthcare and social care organisations involved in the care of young people. In addition he provides psychological assessment and treatment to individuals and organisations regarding work-related stress.
Dr Wheatley is always more than happy to discuss your care or treatment needs in advance of booking an appointment.
Ilknur Girgin
UKCP registered Integrative Psychotherapist and Supervisor
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Ilknur aims to offer a safe, non-judgemental and confidential space to help you to make sense of what you are struggling with, how you are navigating the world today, what has shaped you in the past, as well as helping you to explore your inner resources to live a more fulfilled and meaningful life.
Ilknur's training in Integrative Psychotherapy encapsulated different modalities like psychodynamic, attachment, humanistic, and existential- phenomenological concepts, which provides her with a robust understanding of the different theoretical perspectives. In practice, her orientation is predominantly a relational- integrative approach, which means the therapy can be tailored to your needs.
Ilknur also provides Critical Incident Trauma Debriefs and Reflective Practice sessions for employees at various organisations.
Supervision
Using the Seven Eyed Model and the Integrated Developmental Model, Ilknur aims to develop a collaborative space in which supervisees can reflect and process their work with clients in a safe and facilitative way. It is an opportunity to explore different perspectives, a learn and develop skills, grapple with difference as well as safeguarding the client and working through ethical dilemmas.
Qualifications
Diploma in Supervision, The Minster Centre
MA Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, The Minster Centre
Advanced Diploma Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, The Minster Centre
Foundation in Integrative Psychotherapy and Counselling, Regents University
Memberships
UKCP
Relational School
Society for Existential Analysis
Ilknur offers open ended and short term 50 minute sessions, in person, online and telephone sessions.
Dr Mary Doran
CPsychol, MBACP, HCPC Registered.
Mary is a Doctor of psychology and chartered psychologist with the British Psychological Society. She is also a registered psycho-sensory psychotherapist with the BACP. She is an experienced therapist and works with an Integrative Psychosensory approach using evidence-based approaches which have been scientifically shown to be effective. She works with individuals and couples and treats issues ranging from, anxiety, depression, and bereavement, to more complex issues such as PTSD, panic attacks, and phobias.
Mary can work successfully within many modalities including EMDR, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, narrative therapy, compassion-focused therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy. However, she believes that every client has a unique set of circumstances that has influenced their individual issues and she prides herself on tailoring every therapy session to fit your needs. Therefore, Mary can provide either short-term solution-focused sessions tailored to you, or longer-term therapy, depending on your requirements and aims for therapy. Sometimes several sessions can be all it takes to make huge steps toward recovery.
Mary's secret recipe for success is her combination of traditional evidence-based therapies such as CBT with psychosensory approaches such as havening, EMDR, see-far CBT, and EFT. The added psychosensory dimension to therapy can access some deep issues which otherwise can be very difficult to treat such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, developmental trauma, attachment issues, abuse, Irritable Bowel Syndrome as well as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-compulsive disorder and treatment-resistant depression. Often clients who have tried therapy previously with unsatisfactory results find that this different, deep level of working can unlock something new and allow change to occur. These psychosensory approaches can always be combined with more traditional approaches to be tailored to suit the individual.
“The body-mind link is undeniable, with our thoughts and emotions having a neurobiological impact on our brain's function and also our body's way of functioning. When our mental health improves, often our physiology also improves.”
Historically Mary has worked within an IAPT service in the NHS delivering psychological therapy to individuals suffering from depression, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and health anxiety. She also spent 2 years working for a complex treatment service delivering psychological therapy to war veterans experiencing PTSD and complex PTSD. Prior to this, she worked with adolescents in CAMHS inpatient services, with individuals diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, personality disorder, severe anxiety and depression, and psychosis.
Alongside her private practice she currently works for the NHS as a counselling psychologist with war veterans and is a qualified and registered user of psychological testing with the BPS. As she is a qualified user of psychological testing this places her uniquely to be able to work with executives who are keen to take their flourishing to new levels of success by identifying areas for development and growth.
Before qualifying as a psychologist Mary trained as a mindfulness teacher with MISP and has a strong personal practice as a member of the Kadampa Buddhist community in Northamptonshire. She also practices Wudang tai chi and the Japanese martial art iaido. Prior to her psychological career she professionally studied the Japanese body therapy shiatsu and is a qualified shiatsu practitioner, which gives her invaluable physiological and anatomical knowledge, adding a depth to the psychosensory work she provides.
“We can all be stopped in our tracks by difficult life events and challenges that seem impossible to overcome. But there is always a way through these difficulties, and sometimes we need to walk alongside one another through these times. It is possible that the most distressing times of our lives can be opportunities for intense growth. Our suffering can seem intolerable, but there are ways to diminish this suffering and find peace, and learn to flourish.”
Whatever your goals for therapy, whether you want to regulate your emotions better, release yourself from debilitating anxiety or depression, or make better choices in your life, living to your best potential, Mary can help you to achieve better mental health and work towards a better balance in life.
Dr Shan Premachandra
Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist (HCPC & UKCP registered)
Shan has 20 years' experience working in psychology for the National Health Service (NHS) and 6 years working for the private sector including charities. She offers compassionate and individualised therapeutic sessions, providing a warm and non-judgemental environment.
Shan has a wide range of experience, offering therapy for presenting issues such as, Depression, Low Mood, Anxiety, Phobias, Trauma, Bereavement, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders and Relationship Issues.
Time is dedicated to preparing ahead of each session, so that you gain the most from each meeting. Depending on your needs and preferences, sessions can be short-term or long-term. Sessions help to discover underlying patterns and emotions and their influence on ourselves, our interactions with others, and life in general. Using this approach, we work through difficulties and improve well-being.
Shan utilises Psychotherapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Mindfulness as well as Cognitive and Behavioural approaches in her work.
Shan also provides mentoring to professionals from the corporate world, entertainment industry, sports, legal and medical professions.
For further information or to contact me directly please visit my website: www.mindfulguide.co.uk
Sally Richards
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
Certificate in Couples and Other Relationships
BA Honours: Psychology & Education
With the belief that everyone is different, Sally is a qualified Humanistic Integrative Counsellor which allows her to draw on a variety of theory and techniques to best suit the individual client she is working with.
Her aim is to create an environment where her clients feel safe and comfortable to honestly explore the reasons as to why they have decided to seek out counselling. Within this environment she supports them in their journey to reach a more fulfilled and happier way of being.
Sally has experience of working with a breadth of presenting issues but has a particular interest in working with people to identify outdated coping strategies, assisting them to find the self-empowerment to break away from inhibiting patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviour.
She also has an interest in relationships and specifically how we are in relationships, as this can impact our personal wellbeing.
When not working in private practice, Sally volunteers at a low cost counselling service in Bedfordshire.
Sally works with adults and couples at ACT.
Qualifications & Memberships
Certificate in Couples and Other Relationships
Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
Denise is an experienced Dialectical Behaviour Therapist with over twelve years of clinical experience working with adults and young persons. Denise is also an experienced Emotionally Focused Therapist, predominantly working with couples who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship and who want to achieve more connectedness. Denise also uses her Emotionally Focused Therapy skills to work with individuals.
Having worked in in-patient services for over fifteen years Denise now works independently providing assessment and treatment interventions for a range of general, severe and enduring difficulties including:
Anxiety
Depression
OCD
PTSD and
c-PTSD
Disorders of emotion dysregulation, (BPD and EUPD)
Disorders of over-control
Denise offers a range of therapeutic approaches including:
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
Mentalisation Based Therapy
Polyvagal Theory based Therapy
DBT for c-PTSD
Radically Open DBT
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)
SFT (Solution Focused Therapy)
CFT (Compassion Focused Therapy)
Affiliations/Memberships
Member of the Society for DBT in the UK and Ireland
Dr D'Souza is a highly regarded and experienced consultant psychiatrist having worked in psychiatry for over 23 years.
She has experience in assessing and treating mental disorders in individuals aged 18 years old and over. This includes mood disorders (such as depression, anxiety, and bipolar affective disorder), psychosis, stress related conditions, OCD, ADHD and PTSD.
She also has expertise in assessing and treating individuals with neuropsychiatric and cognitive difficulties such as brain injury, cognitive impairment and dementia.
Dr D'Souza works in partnership with her patients to provide person-centred and holistic care. She receives excellent feedback and is responsive, kind and empathetic in her approach.
Medico-Legal Experience
Dr D'Souza also has a wealth of medico-legal experience. She is approved under sec12 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 as having special experience in the diagnosis and treatment of people with mental disorder. Dr D'Souza produces comprehensive, high quality court reports in a timely manner.
She undertakes assessments and provides reports in relation to litigation capacity, assessment of mental capacity for wills and probates, lasting power of attorney and court of protection, parole board assessments and fitness to plead. She also provides independent reports for mental health tribunals.